Quercus glaucoides explained

Quercus glaucoides is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, found in and endemic to eastern, central and southern Mexico (Guanajuato, Guerrero, México State, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla).^{[1] [2]}

Description

Quercus glaucoides is primarily a canopy tree in its native habitat. It is an evergreen tree up to 10m (30feet) tall with a trunk diameter of over 40cm (20inches). The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 15cm (06inches) long, with a few shallow rounded lobes.^[1]

Its scientific name is often misapplied to the NE Mexican and central Texas native Lacey oak (Quercus laceyi), which has caused great confusion about the true identity of this species and the correct scientific name for the Lacey oak. Although somewhat related, they do not share the same native range, with Q. glaucoides being endemic to Mexico, while Q. laceyi is native to both northeast Mexico and central Texas, and Q. glaucoides is evergreen, while Q. laceyi is deciduous.

External links

• Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Pine-Oak Forests containing Quercus glaucoides
• Mexican National Herbarium specimen of Quercus glaucoides

Notes and References

1. Romero Rangel . S. . E. C. . Rojas Zenteno . M. L. . Aguilar Enríquez . 2002 . El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México . Spanish . Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 89 . 4 . 551–593 .

   in Spanish, with line drawings of each species.

   . 10.2307/3298595. 3298595 .
2. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae . McVaugh . R. . 1974 . Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium . 12 . 1, 3.